If she minded the distraction, she gave no indication. She smiled, took another sip of her water.
"We have been sworn to Great House Briathos for some time," she explained. "So magic is a family tradition. But we all have our reasons for choosing specific ones, and certainly, experts who knew us helped figure out which we might be best attuned to. My mother is quite skilled at Semblance, and I chose it because it felt like a good foundation for everything else. But my mother wasn't the one who initiated me. Instead, it was... well, she called it an honor..." Kala laughed. "...bestowed on someone else. Scrivening, too, I learned because I had some aptitude and it seemed foundational for learning other things. Kaus and I chose Elementalism together. He feels a kinship to the wind for obvious reasons and I think I wanted to feel it too. But he chose Reaving to honor our father, who also had it. Our brother Aquilios, though, chose to focus on Kinetics, which is not something any of us share with him. Luckily, most of the magicks have practitioners in Starfall."
She noted his nerves and put a small hand on his arm.
"While I can't give you Semblance yet, eventually, I can if you choose. And you would be welcome to stay here where there would be many people watching over you while you recovered. If you find another teacher before then, I would also happily take some watch duty if it will make you feel safer. I will know some of what you are going through, at least." She paused. "Kaus says he would as well."
When he moved on to the task at hand, she set her cup down and found the schema she had drawn up for the workbench to show him and explain if he had questions or corrections.
"Of course. I can etch directly into stone. With wood, I can write in fire, unless you would prefer I use a tool instead for aesthetic reasons..."
"We have been sworn to Great House Briathos for some time," she explained. "So magic is a family tradition. But we all have our reasons for choosing specific ones, and certainly, experts who knew us helped figure out which we might be best attuned to. My mother is quite skilled at Semblance, and I chose it because it felt like a good foundation for everything else. But my mother wasn't the one who initiated me. Instead, it was... well, she called it an honor..." Kala laughed. "...bestowed on someone else. Scrivening, too, I learned because I had some aptitude and it seemed foundational for learning other things. Kaus and I chose Elementalism together. He feels a kinship to the wind for obvious reasons and I think I wanted to feel it too. But he chose Reaving to honor our father, who also had it. Our brother Aquilios, though, chose to focus on Kinetics, which is not something any of us share with him. Luckily, most of the magicks have practitioners in Starfall."
She noted his nerves and put a small hand on his arm.
"While I can't give you Semblance yet, eventually, I can if you choose. And you would be welcome to stay here where there would be many people watching over you while you recovered. If you find another teacher before then, I would also happily take some watch duty if it will make you feel safer. I will know some of what you are going through, at least." She paused. "Kaus says he would as well."
When he moved on to the task at hand, she set her cup down and found the schema she had drawn up for the workbench to show him and explain if he had questions or corrections.
"Of course. I can etch directly into stone. With wood, I can write in fire, unless you would prefer I use a tool instead for aesthetic reasons..."
